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Old Dec 18, 2003 | 11:09 AM
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Post to everyone: Have any of you driven a B16B equipped anything? If you have, you wouldnt speak so lowly of the lack of torque, because despite the low torque numbers, those motors still pull hard and rip thru the gears. And geez, some of you make it seem like the Integra is like a 1000 pounds heavier than the civic type R itself, when in reality its only a 2 or 3 hundred pound difference. Last time I checked a civic type r runs a high 14 to low 15, which would be a whole lot better than a high 16 second automatic LS.

But yes, i must agree, given the circumstances, the b16b swap for your car is not a good option. you've got to convert to whatever obd system the b16b has, as well as the hydro tranny setup (the ctr motor MUST be mated to a b16b tranny for the best performance), and on top of that b16b's cost a pretty penny. For the same amount of money, you can get another motor that will be faster, and more powerful. Like said, go for a GSR swap. But then again, there's a ton of guys who run B16A's in their DA integras, and those guys are pretty fast in my opinion too. I'm talking high 14s with a good driver. Shoot, in Japan, many of the 90-93 integras had b16a's stock.
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